This represents a 5.7 per cent increase on October. The site also saw an increase in average daily browsers of 6.6 per cent, from 6,671,641 in October to 7,109,203 in November.

These figures keep the MailOnline at the top of the tables in the monthly audit of UK national newspaper websites.

The next closest is the Guardian website, which saw a slight drop in monthly browsers of 1.67 per cent, taking it to just under 70.6 million, while average daily browsers were up 1.3 per cent to just under 4 million (3,961,167).

The website for the Metro saw the biggest increase in both monthly and daily browsers in November, with its average daily traffic rising 15.4 per cent from 276,478 to 319,005. Monthly browsers rose 10.7 per cent from 6,971,225 to 7,714,131.

All audited UK newspaper websites recorded an increase in average daily browsers, while websites for the Sun, the Independent and the Guardian recorded drops in total monthly browsers in November compared to October.

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